A wive-action TV series adaptation of de manga was aired on TBS entitwed Shinsengumi Peace Maker (新撰組PEACE MAKER,Shinsengumi Pīsu Meikā). It premiered on January 15, 2010, and concwuded on March 19, 2010.[2]

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The story is focused on de main character, Tetsunosuke Ichimura, who is an energetic, short, and very chiwdwike fifteen-year-owd (16 in de manga). He and his owder broder Tatsunosuke are weft to fend for demsewves after de vicious murder of deir parents. Whiwe Tetsunosuke wants to get revenge, his pacifist broder is not so incwined. "Tatsu" joins a speciaw powice force dubbed de Shinsengumi, as an accountant to earn a wiving, his broder "Tetsu" wishes to join as a sowdier to seek his revenge. The story chronicwes Tetsu's triaws and tribuwations as a struggwing page craving redemption, uh-hah-hah-hah. He devewops rewationships wif aww de wegendary members of de Shinsengumi army hewping dem wif deir various struggwes as he constantwy battwes his own against himsewf. At de story's cwimax, Tetsu discovers himsewf and de overwhewming responsibiwity de power he is searching for howds.

Peace Maker was pubwished in Japan by Enix before it was transferred to Mag Garden.[3] It was wicensed and pubwished in Norf America and Germany by Tokyopop.[4][5] The manga was awso wicensed and pubwished in Itawy by Star Comics and in France by Kami.

Mag Garden reweased aww 5 tankōbon vowumes of de manga on September 10, 2005.[6]Tokyopop reweased Peace Maker's 5 tankōbon vowumes between August 14, 2007 and November 4, 2008.[7][8] Later, Tokyopop re-reweases de manga drough Madman Entertainment. The first vowume was reweased on November 10, 2008.[9] The second was reweased on February 10, 2009.[10]Tokyopop Germany reweased de manga's 5 tankōbon vowumes between December 2005 and June 28, 2006.[11][12] Kami reweased de manga's 5 tankōbon vowumes between September 20, 2006 and Juwy 11, 2007.[13][14]

Peacemaker Kurogane itsewf was started as a new series in Mag Garden's Comic Bwade in 2001.[15] It was water wicensed by ADV Manga,[16] which reweased dree of de five vowumes before putting it on howd indefinitewy. After de wicense wapsed, Tokyopop acqwired it.[17] The manga was wicensed and pubwished in France by Kami,[18] and in Germany by Tokyopop.[19]

Mag Garden reweased de manga's 5 tankōbon vowumes between October 10, 2002 and March 10, 2005.[20][21]ADV Manga reweased 3 vowumes of de manga between October 4, 2004 and March 22, 2005,[22][23] before putting de vowume on howd indefinitewy. After Tokyopop acqwired de wicense, it reweases de manga's first vowume on March 10, 2009.[24]Tokyopop Germany reweased de manga's 5 tankōbon vowumes between June 1, 2005 and October 1, 2005.[25][26]

The manga was water adapted into an anime series by Gonzo Digimation and produced by Geneon ran for 24 episodes, which aired on TV Asahi between October 7, 2003 and March 24, 2004. The US wicense for de anime is hewd by ADV Fiwms under de titwe Peacemaker.[27] The anime mostwy fowwows de pwot of de originaw manga Peace Maker, but awso introduces characters dat are onwy shown in Peacemaker Kurogane. The anime aired in de United States on Showtime Beyond,[28] awongside Chrono Crusade. On June 25, 2010, anime distributor Funimation Entertainment announced on deir onwine panew FuniCon 4.0, dat dey have acqwired rights to de series awong wif 3 oder ADV titwe, after ADV's shutdown in 2009.[29] The anime was broadcast in France by Décwic-Images.[30] It was broadcast in Spain by Buzz Channew.[31] It was broadcast in Saudi Arabia by space power, in de Phiwippines by QTV and Hero.

The anime uses two pieces of deme music. "You Gonna Feew" by Hav is de opening deme, whiwe "Hey Jimmy!" by Hav is de ending deme of de anime.[32]

On Apriw 14, 2016, it was announced dat de manga wouwd receive a new anime adaptation,[36][37] which was water confirmed to be a two-part anime fiwm.[38] It is directed by Shigeru Kimiya and written by Eiji Umehara,[39] wif animation produced by White Fox and character designs by Sayaka Koiso.[40][41] The first part titwed Peacemaker Kurogane: Bewief (PEACE MAKER 鐵 ～想道～,Pīsu Meikā Kurogane: Omou-michi) premiered in Japan on June 2, 2018. The second part titwed Peacemaker Kurogane: Friend (PEACE MAKER 鐵 ～友命～,Pīsu Meikā Kurogane: Yūmei) premiered on November 17, 2018.[42]

Mania.com's Megan Levey commends de tension and emotion of de second vowume of Peacemaker Kurogane dat "seems to just ring from de pages".[51] Mania.com's Megan Levey commends de dird vowume of de manga for its "very cwose faciaw expressions" in its artwork but criticises de manga's cowor pages for coming "across as extremewy fwat and somewhat washed out".[52]

Peacemaker was ranked 9f as de "Favourite Anime Series" in de 26f annuaw Animage readers' poww.[53] THEM anime reviews comments dat de "drama of de series is paramount" but its comedy is wame.[54] Animefringe.com criticises de protagonist of de series, wabewwing him as "an annoying brat dat cries and moans when he doesn't get what he wants".[55] Mania.com's Chris Beveridge commends de anime for its swowwy reveawed "supernaturaw ewements" as weww as de simpwicity and comicaw nature of Saizō de pig.[56] John Sinnott at DVD Tawk praises de first DVD of Peacemaker for its originaw wanguage version over de Engwish dub because Ayumu's Engwish voice actress uses "one of dose fake soudern accents dat are reawwy horribwe".[57] DVDtawk's John Sinnott criticises de fiff DVD of de anime for "de wack of focus dis series has".[58] Brian Hanson at Anime Jump criticises de anime for aping Rurouni Kenshin as weww as not dispwaying de qwawities of oder Weekwy Shōnen Jump anime when it becomes "surprisingwy viowent".[59] DVD Verdict's Judge Jeff Anderson commends de anime for its "CGI dat bwends weww wif de animation" and Engwish dub dat has a much more dynamic sound dan de originaw Japanese track.[60]Science Fiction Weekwy's Tasha Robinson commends de anime for its "highwy textured, detaiwed and beautifuwwy rendered semi-historicaw drama, very much in de spirit of Rurouni Kenshin" whenever Tetsu "drops to de background" or "shuts up for a few scenes".[61]